The Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) Conference 2026 will explore the relationships between death and power.
In all its forms, power is central to the human condition, people's relationships to others, the planet’s future, and how endings are experienced. Theorised across many, if not all, disciplines, power is inherent in professions, care, associations with others, policy and politics, perspectives and approaches, rationales and logic. Whether it is something possessed or negotiated, practiced, or rejected, power in all its guises is part of life, and of death.
The conference will feature nearly 100 speakers from around the world to explore these juxtapositions and the many and varied ways death and power intersect.
There will be keynote sessions, research paper discussions, workshops, and interactive sessions, hosted by a wide-ranging selection of speakers and contributors.
If you are unable to join us for the whole three-day conference, free tickets are available to attend the two evening sessions
- Wednesday 17 June: Power in Health and Care research: a case for epistemic injustice
- Thursday 18 June: Agency and empowerment through embodied grief companionship
Please note: Full ticket holders will have access to these sessions.
